Homecoming Celebration for Miss America Held in Williston

Miss America 2018 Cara Mund, formerly Miss North Dakota 2017, was honored at a Homecoming Celebration in Williston ND on Friday, Nov. 3 and in Bismarck ND on Saturday, Nov. 4. She is the first Miss North Dakota to be crowned Miss America in the 70 year history of the Miss ND Organization. In Williston, the Sidney High School Band, under the direction of Kylie Sundt entertained the crowd.

Several hundred people attended the celebrations, which included greetings from ND Lt. Governor Brent Sanford, Williston Mayor Howard Klug, Mandan Mayor Tim Helbling and Bismarck City Commissioner Josh Askvig, ND Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp and Congressman Kevin Cramer. Several titleholders from other states were in attendance to pay tribute to Cara as well as were more than 20 "Forever" Miss North Dakotas. While at the Williston event, Cara officially crowned the new Miss North Dakota 2017 Lizzie Jensen. Representatives of the Miss America Organization, headquartered in Atlantic City, NJ, were also in attendance.

For more information on the Miss America 2018 Cara Mund, go to missamerica.org